Election
Constituency

279. Bokaro

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BOKARO

JNPSC 34.7%won by 10.3%BJP 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to JNPSC (JNPSC), which now leads by 10.3%.

  • JNPSC vote shareJNPSC went from 0.0% to 34.7% of the vote here (+34.7%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.1% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
94,928
Margin
9,824
10.35%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JNPSCflipped
JNPSC–BJP swing
+10.3%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 34.7%
BJP share
0.0% → 24.4%
Turnout
— → —